Envelopelike container for paper and coins



y 1953 c. w. SCHLEUTERMANN ETAL ENVELOPELIKE CONTAINER FOR PAPER AND COINS Filed Oct. 5, 1966 Unite States Patent 0 3,381,888 ENVELOPELIKE CONTAINER FOR PAPER AND CGINS Carl W. Sehleuterinann, Harwood Heights, IlL, and Herman L. Lewis, Jr., Detroit, Mich., assignors to Arvey Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Filed Get. 3, 1966, er. No. 533,765 5 Claims. (Cl. 22972) ABSTRACT 0F THE DISCLOSURE An envelope-like container made of a single blank comprising a pocket for coins that may be sealed after the coins are inserted, and an open top recess for papers such as a bank book, checks, currency, and a deposit slip. The open top recess is cut away along one edge to facilitate access to the recess. The container is particularly designed for use by depositors at drive-in banks, and makes it easy for the teller to handle deposits.

This invention relates to an envelopelike container for paper and coins, and particularly to a container for holding a bank book, checks, currency, and a deposit slip in an open top recess, and for holding coins in a completely sealed pocket.

Depositors at drive-in banks must be handled efficiently in order to prevent jams at the tellers windows in the busy periods. When a teller receives a package containing a bank deposit, he must check the deposit, record it, and return the bank book or receipt to the depositor along with a new container for holding the depositors next deposit. It is essential, therefore, that the container must hold the deposit securely until it is opened by the teller, and its contents must be readily accessible to the teller.

Containers heretofore used for holding bank deposits have had means for holding paper and coins separately, but no means was provided for sealing the coin pocket, thereby allowing the coins to fall out of the container, in the handling between the depositor and the teller.

In accordance with the present invention, the currency, checks, and deposit slip are held in a recess or pocket that is open on top, and partially on one side. The recess or pocket is defined in part by a central panel that extends above the open end of said recess or pocket to provide additional backing support for checks and currency that may be held therein. The coin pocket has a gummed flap that enables it to be completely sealed after coins have been inserted therein. It is preferred to use self-sealing latex gum strips to seal the different parts of the container, but any suitable adhesive may be used. The portion of the container panel engaged by the gummed flap may also have a latex gum strip thereon. The recess for holding the paper portions of the deposit holds such papers more securely because it is closed on one side, and partially on the other side. The bottom of the recess is also closed.

Suitable structure by means of which the above mentioned and other advantages of the invention are attained will be described in the following specification, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings showing a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying the invention, with the flap of the coin pocket in open position;

FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view, taken along the line 2-2 of FIGURE 1; and

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of the blank for making the container.

In the drawings, a blank 11, of paper, plastic, or any other suitable material, comprises an elongated central panel 12 and two side panels 13 and 14 extending outwardly from opposite longitudinal edges of the central panel. The blank is provided with two longitudinal fold lines 15 and 16 to facilitate folding the side panels 13 and 14, respectively, inwardly. The side panels 13 and 14 are slightly narrower than the central panel so that each of them may be folded inwardly without interfering with the inward folding of the other.

The extend central panel 12 is provided with a bottom flap 17 set off therefrom by a horizontal fold line 13 and extending below the lower edges 19 and 21 of the side panels. The side panel 13 has a top flap 22 set ofi therefrom by a horizontal fold line 23 slightly higher than the upper edge 24 of the side panel '14 to permit the flap 2.2 to be folded over the upper edge of the panel 14 when the container is completely assembled. The central panel 12 extends above the upper edge 25 of the top fiap 22 to provide additional backing sup ort for checks and currency forming part of the deposit to be held in the container. The panels 12 and 13 are preferably cut away on each side of the upper portion of the fold line 15 to provide an elongated opening 26 that facilitates insertion and removal of papers.

As shown in FIGURE 3, the blank has a strip 27 of latex gum or other suitable adhesive along the outer edge portion of the side flap 14 on one surface thereof. Similar strips 28, 29, 31, and 32 of latex gum, or other suitable adhesive, are provided on the opposite surface of the flank lit in the areas of the inner edge portion of the side panel 13 adjacent the fold line 15', upper and lower edge portions of the side panel 14, and the top flap 22, respectively.

The assembly of the container is very simple. The fold ing sequence may be varied, but it is preferred to fold the side panel 13 inwardly, along the fold line '15 to make it overlie the central panel 12 with its adhesive surface uppermost and thus to form the front of and partially close one side of an open top recess 33.

The side panel 14 is then folded inwardly along the fold line 16 to close the opposite side of the recess 33 and to position the side panel 14; on top of the side panel 13. The adhesive strip 27 engages the adhesive 23 to adhere the side panels 13 and 14 together in the area adjacent the edge defined by the fold line 15, thereby closing two opposite sides of a coin pocket 34. In the folded position of the side panel 14, the strips 29 and 31 of adhesive are on the upper most surface of the side panel 14 adjacent the upper and lower edges 24- and 2-1, respectively.

The bottom flap 17 is then folded upwardly along the fold line 18 to close the bottom of the recess 33 and the bottom of the coin pocket 34. In this folding step, the flap 17 engages the adhesive strip 31 to secure the flap 17 to the side panel 1- The recess 33 is adapted to receive checks, currency, a bank book, and a deposit slip, which are pushed sideways and downwardly into the recess as far as possible without folding them. The one closed side and the partially closed other side of the recess permit the recess to hold the paper portion of the deposit with a minimum risk of accidental displacement therefrom.

The pocket 34 is ready to receive coins after the flap 17 is adhered to the side panel 14. After coins are inserted into the pocket 34, the top flap 22 is folded downwardly along the fold line 23 and is secured to the flap 14 by interengagement of the self-sealing latex gum strips 29 and 32.

When the container is received by the recipient, he may open the coin pocket by pulling the flap 22, which will separate the two self-sealing adhesive strips 29 and 32, when enough force is created, and permit removal of the contents from the pocket 34. The paper portion of the 3 bank deposit may be pulled sideways and outwardly of the container through the opening 26 and the open top of the recess 33.

Although a preferred embodiment has been described in considerable detail, it will be understood that the de scription is intended to be illustrative, rather than restrictive, as many details may be modified or changed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is not desired to be restricted to the exact structure described.

What is claimed is:

1. An envelopelike container comprising an open top recess for checks and currency, and a coin pocket made from a sheet of material having an extended central panel with a bottom flap and two side panels, one of said side panels having a top flap, said one side panel overlying said central panel above said bot-tom fiap to define one side of said open top recess for currency, said other side panel overlying said first side panel to define an opposite closed side of said recess, means sealing said second side panel to said first side panel to define two closed sides of a coin pocket, mean sealing said bottom flap to said second side panel to define the closed bottom of said recess and the closed bottom of said coin pocket, and means for sealing said top flap to said second side panel to close the top of said coin pocket after coins have been inserted therein.

2. A container as recited in claim 1 in which the edges of said first side panel and said central panel defining one side of said open top recess are cut away along a portion of their length to form an elongated opening whereby said one side of said open top recess is closed along only a portion of its length.

3. A container as recited in claim 1 in which said central panel is elongated to provide additional backing support for checks and currency held in said open top recess, said top flap extends above the upper edge of the other side panel, and said bottom flap extends below the lower edges of said side panels.

4. A one-piece blank for making an envelopelike container having a coin pocket adapted to be completely sealed and an open top recess for checks and currency, said blank comprising a first side panel, a central panel with a bottom flap below the lower edge of said first side panel, and a second side panel with a top flap above the upper edge of said first side panel, said blank being slotted between said central panel and said second side panel along a line extending from the upper edge of the fold line between said central and second mentioned panels, said central panel being extended beyond the upper edge of said first side panel to provide additional backing support for checks and currency that may be positioned in said recess.

5. A blank as recited in claim 4 having a strip of adhesive on one surface thereof in the area of the outer edge portion of said first side panel, and additional separate strips of adhesive on the opposite surface thereon on said top flap, in the area of the inner edge portion of said second side panel, and in the areas of the upper and lower edge portions of said first side panel.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS DAVID M. BOCKENEK, Primary Examiner. 

